New 'puter

Well, the Gateway finally bit the dust. I was putting the finishing touches on our tax return with Turbo Tax when Pelik ran by and just HAD to hit the monitor!! That did it. Blank screen - blank mind, blank, blank, and more blank. After blinking a million times - a walk around the outside, a little deep breathing time in the screen room - got to where I could discuss the issue of NO PUTER with Keith without tears. He took it down to best buy to see if ANYTHING could be done!! Of course, they could put a new monitor on - after sending it out for several days (or weeks - as the case may have been) but the cost was more than a whole new laptop. So now, I'm the proud owner of another Compaq. Seems to be working nicely. It's a lot smaller than the Gateway - lighter too. And they did a "data dump" on a periferal (sp) hard drive that we took out of the desktop we used to have. Only trouble is - old data is mixed with new data - so I don't know which data I want.

So everyone, bear with me. I am rebuilding my address book, calendar, and picture files. A bit slowly - but they are coming along. The Geek Squad was here today for almost 3 hours trying to put our "home network" back together. Shoulda been a snap - but - did I forget to mention? ? ? it has Vista for an OS. So now I've used them all. DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 98, 2000, XP, MAC, and now VISTA. Oh, and before you run out and buy a new puter - Vista is not compatible with PCAnywhere, Lexmark 6100 printer/fax, most of the software that I've put hundreds of dollars into. My photo editing software, all my links, I'm soooo bummed.

But he finally got it all together. And I can use the web.

And Keith called - he is in St. Louis for a week or so. He will have (I hope) a good visit with April and they plan to drive over to see Mom B while he is there. I really hope they enjoy themselves - I'll be praying that it is a great visit!!! I know how much I miss being so far from my Baby and I'm sure he feels the same way!!

So, I'm a single Mom - my first full day will be tomorrow!! It has to be saner than today with the Geek and therapist and trying to get myself a bit organized. I have lots of little projects to finish while he is gone - let's see how many I get done!!

Pastor is better, has been released from the hospital and is resting at home - We are all praying for him and for the several others from our Church that are having trials of their own right now. Again, any time I start to feel sorry for myself or get into the "pity party" I look around and see how much the Lord has blessed me - more and more since I've let Him back into my life. And I have my Baby Daughter to thank.